There was a mixture of jubilation and laughter when the Jets put yesterday’s game away, and it was all about their unselfish quarterback with the Southern drawl.

The Bills had cut a 24-3 Jets’ lead to 24-13 and Gang Green were faced with either laying down the hammer on Buffalo or succumbing to the pressure of the comeback.

So on fourth-and-goal from the one-yard line, Herman Edwards opted to go for the TD instead of the sure three points and he opted to keep the ball in the hands of Chad Pennington.

What ensued might have been the highlight play of the Jets’ season to date – a Pennington naked bootleg run around left end that included a stop-and-go move that wrong-footed Bills’ LB Eddie Robinson so badly it left him staggered on the ground.

“I knew Chad was a good quarterback,” Jets’ DE John Abraham said. “But I didn’t know he had that kind of shake to him. That play shows you what kind of winner he is.”

Pennington’s TD, his second of the season, gave the Jets’ an insurmountable 31-13 fourth-quarter lead and left his coaches and teammates wide-eyed.

“He looked like Elvis Presley,” Herman Edwards said.

“That was a John Madden Play Station move, like somebody pushed the R-2 button,” Jets’ safety Nick Ferguson said. “You normally see Curtis [Martin] make moves like that.”

Martin agreed, saying, “He’s been watching film of me.”

“Watch out Michael Vick,” Jets’ SS Sam Garnes added.

“That had to be the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time,” Jets’ WR Laveranues Coles said. “When [Pennington] came to the sideline he didn’t know what to say and I didn’t know what to say. He surprised himself. I don’t think he knew he had that in him. He almost faked out himself.”

Pennington called it the “East Tennessee dead leg.”

“I think that play reflects upon our team and our mentality, which is ‘whatever it takes,’ ” Pennington said. “Pretty, ugly . . . it doesn’t matter. Whatever it takes to win. I think the move was so bad, [Robinson] had never seen it before and that’s what made him fall down.”